Outside Front Our the Alpine Valleys Community Leadership Program Gratefully Acknowledges the Contributions of Our Partners
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Kim Scanlon Executive Officer Wang Central 15-17 Ely St, Wangaratta 3677 MOBILE 0417 348 547 EMAIL [email protected] Karlie Langdon Program Coordinator Wang Central 15-17 Ely St, Wangaratta 3677 MOBILE 0437 827 548 EMAIL [email protected] Outside back Outside front our The Alpine Valleys Community Leadership Program gratefully acknowledges the contributions of our partners. Their valuable support truly makes a difference in partners developing the region’s leaders. Mansfield & District Tim McCurdy MP Tourism North East Twin Prism Consulting Tammy Atkins Steph Ryan MP Victoria Police Australian Resilience Centre Australian Alpine Valleys Bill Tilley MP Goulburn Murray Community Dowling Brothers Yarrawonga Agribusiness Forum Sussan Ley MP Leadership TSS Advisory Cooinda Aged Care Regional Development Australia Shadforth Financial Group Gateway Health Murray Darling Basin Authority Voices for Indi The Communications Dept. Australian Federal Parliament Charles Sturt University Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway ACRE Victorian Parliament Rural Training Initiatives Lindenwarrah at Milawa FRRR Victorian Ombudsman YMCA Howmans Gap Renee Paola Graphic Design Lingford Consulting Melissa Griffiths La Trobe University What’s in a name? A lot it seems. AVCLP has recently changed its name to Alpine Valleys Community Leadership. The new name for the organisation reflects the diverse range of programs currently offered and provides clarity and purpose for new opportunities that the organisation is seeking to develop and deliver. The increasing breadth of leadership development programs that Alpine Valleys Community Leadership is offering is reflected in the increased size of this edition of our Yearbook. The organisation seeks to find gaps in the leadership capability of our region and beyond and to work with a range of partners to design and deliver new programs that address these gaps. A huge number of people have contributed to the development of Alpine Valleys Community Leadership over the years, and we trust that this Yearbook demonstrates the fruits of their labour. The future for Alpine Valleys Community Leadership is looking bright. Board 5 Welcome to Alpine Valleys Community Leadership 6 2018 AVCLP program 10 Short Courses 26 Alumni 31 04 MESSAGE FROM THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT Graduates contribute to their community or workplace in so many ways and we celebrate and congratulate them on their The Andrews Labor achievements in community leadership. Government is pleased to The Alpine Valleys Community Leadership Program benefits individual support Victoria’s Regional participants by providing them with the skills, knowledge and self-confidence Community Leadership to actively engage in local and wider communities. Alpine Valleys Community Programs to strengthen Leadership programs also benefit local communities more broadly by improving their capacity to recognise, prioritise and drive regional change. leadership across rural and The development of regional community and business leaders is vital to the regional Victoria. success of regional Victoria. Through its leadership programs, short courses, networking and Alumni opportunities, Alpine Valleys Community Leadership With the delivery of its eighteenth fosters the development of a vibrant network of community and business Program, the Alpine Valleys leaders in North East Victoria and Border regions. Community Leadership Program is continuing to develop leaders The Victorian Government has provided $8 million over four years through that will lead change within and the Regional Jobs and Infrastructure Fund to support ten leadership programs across their rural and regional across regional Victoria. Through these programs, the Victorian Government is communities, and beyond. helping communities become stronger, more resilient, and the best they can be. Congratulations to the 24 Well done to the graduates of the 2017-2018 Alpine Valleys Community participants graduating from AVCLP Leadership Program for taking this vital step in developing your leadership 2018. skills and committing the time, energy and enthusiasm to better understand your region, your own capabilities and what you might contribute to rural and You now join an alumnus of 391 regional Victoria in the future. graduates from North East Victoria and Border regions and over 3500 I look forward to hearing how your leadership journey progresses. from across rural and regional Victoria. I am confident that the program graduates’ deep understanding of their region will equip them well to face the social, economic and Hon. Jaala Pulford MP, administrative challenges they will Minister for Regional Development encounter. AVCL BOARD AND STAFF 05 Alpine Valleys Community Leadership BOARD & STAFF 2017-18 Linda Griffiths-Brown Kirsten Williams Anthony Griffiths Chair Deputy Chair Treasurer Ty Caling Marian Dowling Robyn Farley Res Oct 17 Clare Kiely Rosie Koop Tarek Rana Carolyn Sammon Res May 18 Kim Scanlon Karlie Langdon Susan Benedyka Sheree McKenzie Tammy Atkins Executive Officer Program Coordinator Facilitator Bookkeeper Marketing 06 2018 CHAIR REPORT Welcome from the Chair What a year for Alpine Valleys Community Leadership! Firstly, congratulations to our crop of 2018 Alpine Valleys Community Leadership Program graduates. We have enjoyed watching you grow and develop and look forward to seeing the great benefits you will continue to provide your communities. We now encourage you to become active members of our Alumni network. Thankyou to those individuals, groups and Committees of Management and Boards and To our dedicated and hard working staff, organisations who supported AVCL and we have held workshops, conferences and volunteer Board and sub-committee our participants by enabling them to have events with guest speakers. members, thankyou. We appreciate all that this leadership journey. Without you, this you do for this great organisation. Last but Program could not be delivered. We believe that strong communities can by no means least, none of this could be change people’s lives, enabling people to achieved without all the supporters in our With these 24 graduates our total number of make positive changes for themselves, their community and beyond, who are committed to Alumni grows to 391 from the 18 years of the communities and our region. realising our vision of: Vibrant and sustainable Program. Our graduates join an incredible communities through local leadership. cohort of people who continue to do amazing Consistent with our Strategic Plan, the things, personally and professionally, opportunities for our Annual Program leading I say thankyou to each and every one of you. and make a positive contribution to our to further leadership development are being Together we are making a positive difference community. realised. in our community. The change of our organisation’s name to Some of our AVCLP Alumni are graduating Alpine Valleys Community Leadership was in May from Charles Stuart University’s undertaken to reflect the work we deliver in first Regional Leadership Program, and we Linda Griffiths-Brown addition to our flagship Annual Program. welcome our new partnership with Latrobe AVCL Chair University who are offering AVCLP graduates AVCL continues to expand on the range of significant credits towards their Masters of leadership training opportunities it offers Business Administration (MBA) program. partnering organisations. For example Victoria’s first LGBTIQ+ Leadership Program was delivered in early 2018. Governance training continues to be provided to 2018 EO REPORT 07 Executive Officer Report It’s a great time to be involved with Alpine Valleys Community Leadership. There is a sense that collectively we are taking Alpine Valleys “to the next level” in all that we do. Although seemingly a subtle change, a major step forward in the maturity of the organisation this year was the revision of our name, to Alpine Valleys Community Leadership. This new name reflects the intention of the We have established regional pathways for Under the caring leadership of Program organisation to deliver an ever-increasing leadership studies, allowing people to study Coordinator Karlie Langdon, the ten month range of programs and workshops for where they work and live. Charles Sturt “journey” for its participants was successfully community organisations, government, University’s first intake of students from their delivered. This year the Program was well and industry sectors and aligns with our Regional Leadership Program (co-designed over-subscribed and a record number of 25 vision of creating Vibrant and sustainable as a next step to the AVCLP) will graduate in candidates were selected. Unfortunately, communities through local leadership. May this year, and Latrobe University is now due to changed work commitments one offering AVCLP graduates significant credits participant withdrew, but this still leaves the Alpine Valleys Community Leadership is into their MBA program. 2017-18 cohort as one of the largest groups to increasingly diversifying its partnerships in ever graduate from AVCLP. order to deliver a range of new programs that Each week Alpine Valleys Community meet the leadership needs of our regional and Leadership delivers some type of tailored The growth of our organisation only comes rural communities. This year we designed and training for groups, ranging from in-house with hard work, commitment and a shared delivered regional Victoria’s first Leadership governance workshops for community vision. I thank the Board,